---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Chris Wright Act,\" which increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defendant's conviction for a sixth or subsequent qualifying misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Chris Wright Act,\" which increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defendant's conviction for a sixth or subsequent qualifying misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2323"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2323 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hazlewood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d80879b-fe30-4dd7-b19e-96dad85a2f0b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2323&GA=113"
source_hash: "5d20f6b093fe4cee73bb2c031f6fb4a72cff4e211cbcdb67a937297603ae2488"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 2323 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Chris Wright Act," which increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defendant's conviction for a sixth or subsequent qualifying misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA1091** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1091.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA1044** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA1044.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2323.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (2) — **72–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2024 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024 4/17/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/12/2024 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **89–7** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/5/2024 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hazlewood — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-27** Placed behind the budget
- **2024-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
- **2024-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1044)
- **2024-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1091) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-29** Pub. Ch. 987

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d80879b-fe30-4dd7-b19e-96dad85a2f0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).